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A formation of seven fighter jets from Greece and other countries flew over the Acropolis in Athens stunning locals and tourists. The formation consisted of F-35, F-4, Mirage-2000, Tornado and F-16 from Greece, Italy, Israel and the USA participating in the multinational exercise INIOHOS 2019. The jets took off from …

February 26, 2019Very MixComments Off on Horror for passengers in Sky Express flight Athens-Limnos

A horror flight for passengers of Sky Express from Athens to the island of Limnos on Monday night. Fe 25, 2019. Fifteen minutes after the takeoff, a deafening noise was heard, and the aircraft began to tremble very loudly. Immediately panic broke out in the cabin, passenger wore life-jackets and …

February 14, 2019Video GRIDComments Off on Video from inside plane after turbulence on flight to Chania

Turbulence during the flight from Athens to Chania. Passengers seem cool, despite the strong trembling. Are they afraid? Most likely…. For almost two hours the pilot of Flight 344 of Olympic Air was struggling against powerful winds and rain. He had left the Athens airport for Chania, Crete, where he …

November 1, 2018Greece, UncategorizedComments Off on First direct commercial flight from Athens to Skopje after 15 years

The first direct commercial flight from Athens International Airport to Skopje took off at 6:40 p.m. on Thursday evening. On board of the plane was the deputy Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bujar Osmanli. Osmanli had arrived earlier in Athens just for the purpose to inaugurate …

A Scottish cook book author enjoyed a private VIP treatment as she was the only passenger on a £46 (€52) flight from Glasgow to Crete. Karon Grieve, 57, was the only passenger on the four-hour flight and had all 189 seats to herself. During flight, the pilot gave her a …

October 12, 2017Greece, PoliticsComments Off on PM Tsipras takes a ride in an F-16 and flies over the Aegean Sea

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took a ride in a F-16 fighter jet of the Greek Air Force and flew over the north-west Aegean Sea. Wearing a pilot suit Tsipras got on the 2-seat F-16 as “co-pilot.” The flight lasted one hour and the prime minister had the chance to enjoy …

May 11, 2017Tourism, TravelComments Off on EU Court rules airlines are responsible for flight delay notifications

The European Union Court of Justice has ruled in favor of an airline passenger denied compensation after a flight cancelation. The court ruled that airlines are responsible for informing the passengers of the cancelation. Thursday’s decision from the EU court states that an air carrier is responsible for notifying a passenger …

The sound was loud and had many Athenians rush to their windows and look up to the sky. What they saw were fighter jets performing low flights over the Acropolis. No, it wasn’t an invention by a foreign country. It was just two US F-15 and two Greek F-16 flying …

December 16, 2013PoliticsComments Off on Bad day for Greek PM: trip to Baku cancelled, opposition SYRIZA leads in opinion polls

The trip of Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, lasted only 15 minutes. Shortly after taking off from Elefsina military airport, the Greek Number One Air Force showed some technical breakdown in the flight system, the pilots decided to take the Samaras and his assistants …